July 24, 2007

Is it wrong of me to find that headline funny? I mean, I myself love to pull the old apologize! apologize! routine, but still.... Romney's a serious candidate. Why is he even giving Brownback the time of day? And how did Tancredo get in on the action?

Now that was funny.Brought back memories of that old flick "An Officer and a Gentleman".

You got a problem, Mr. May-On-NaiseNo sir! No sir!

As for Brownback, the dolt thinks that if he takes the most extreme pro-like stance, the Religious Right somehow owes them their vote over less religiously pure sorts.And he can do all the fun and games of schmoozing and cronyism inside the Beltway.Now Senator Coburn is as prolife, but I respect the heck out of him and people like Bernie Sanders on the opposite end of the spectrum because they really do give a shit and want to fix problems. Tom Tancredo is definitely someone who really does care and was warning of the immigration catastrophe and the screwing the Elites were giving the middle class back when committed socialist populists and guys like Ross Perot were the only other ones.But "Senator Snowflake" is a joke.

Both Romney and Tancredo want abortion to be a matter for state legislatures and Brownback's tactic of push-polling was dishonest & sleazy. Both were right to call him out on that. When you catch an opponent doing it, you blow him out of the water.

My take: Simels and the apologize, apologize! routine are related. Althouse uses the a/a routine much the same way she used the "but I doubt if any blogger will disagree" device - as a way to get a reaction from the audience. Simels fell for the routine for a while, but he actually smartened up. I hope that he's unique in that respect.